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Great play has been made about the operation of the trains doors upon arrival and got away from the main point that this Lady's double buggy was trapped in the doors when they closed on her. Additionally the driver behaviour and FCC attitude in ignoring her complaint.

Wolfie, the very point is that the Rail Company have Not taken the report and dealt with it from the outset; as in our case. They were only prompted into action Firstly by the Press and Secondly when trying to fob it off by Legal Action. Their paramount responsibility is Passenger Safety before...

Following two serious incidents involving the 365 rolling stock as far back as 2006 involving WAGN and another since involving FCC the RAIB advised new technology to allow these old type doors to reopen when something was trapped. FCC are on record as saying it would be too costly and they have...

The incident that I am personally aware of happened on the Peterborough line at Huntingdon with the older rolling stock. there were a handful of passengers trying to get out at Huntingdon. The nearest door failed to open and the passengers went to the next one to exit. As they were doing so with...

Hi Linzi, unless you are in a Trade Union who will take the case, there are Solicitor Firms who specialize in train incidents. Also we can have a proper chat about each case if you contact me direct via e-mail sirhcclark@btinternet.com. Regards Chris Clark.

Hi Linzi my Wife was trapped in an FCC train door on 23rd January 2012 at Huntingdon. We received the same negative response. Put it into No Win No Fee Solicitor via Wife's Union. They have admitted liability, awaiting completion of compensation claim. Our e-mail is sirhcclark@btinternet.com...

It would appear that there have been frequent problems with FCC's older rolling stock doors either not opening or closing whilst passengers are exiting train --- old post above --- --- new post below --- It would be interesting to try to establish how many complaints they have received and...

Hi, my Wife is currently sueing FCC for similar incident our e-mail sirhcclark@btinternet.com

Hi my Wife also was trapped in the doors on a FCC train at Huntingdon during January 2012. We received the same negative response but have since admitted liability through a no win no fee solicitor and awaiting compensation. If you need to talk further my e-mail is sirhcclark@btinternet.com